The dev themselves is saying they're working on it unless you're trying to imply someone else produced a whole bunch of renders, an explanation for the lack of progress, and plans for the future than hacked their patreon to post them.
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I've seen a thread where the dev came to this site, and told in the thread of their game that they would continue to work on it, and while I haven't checked in a while, I seem to remember nothing changed for at least half a year - so I assume no one who could actually change tags was messaged.
The dev saying they are working on it on their own patreon seems very unlikely to result in a tag change here.
The dev saying they are working on it on their own patreon seems very unlikely to result in a tag change here.
Given other titles had their abandoned tag removed for the same reason I'd say you're wrong. Someone just has to take the time to inform the mods otherwise it will likely remain til a new version is actually posted.
That is literally what I wrote.
" so I assume no one who could actually change tags was messaged. "
You implied it had to be the dev. Anyone can inform the mods that work is ongoing as long as there is reasonable evidence to prove it. Multiple patreon posts by the dev is typically enough reasonable evidence.
It's worth noting Kivik has made multiple additional Patreon posts this month covering a variety of things including the fact that the game is being rebooted so it's unlikely the abandoned tag will be removed but that a new thread will be made for the rebooted game.
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Oh, so it'll still have mind control elements? I haven't been able to read through all the other posts (and from the lack of answers when I asked, it seems nobody else has either), and my skimming didn't show any signs of whether the new game even had that fetish or not.
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I know that this is old, but does this still apply? Because with the latest available version it did not happen for me.
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Btw, I am really sorry that this was abandoned. I really liked finally a game that is not using the traditional trainer formula of influence and manipulation, rather a non-consent/captivity training. There are not many doing this that I know of (some of Pink Tea games or Red Sakura Mansion to some extent) and this started off great.
Sure, the gameplay elements and mechanics needed some polish, but I think it would have been better to work on this more than to move on to another trainer like game (which I am looking forward to play nonetheless). I know that it got repetitive, but I think all it needed is to make the tasks more varied and the programming more complex.
For example, some physical training, restraints, punishments, sensory deprivation, humiliation... A great source of inspiration could be
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- one of my all time personal favorite comics.Also, the first programmings could stay and as the player advances in the game (and their followers tolerate more extreme methods) the above mentioned methods could be slowly introduced, so the existing content could still stay. Their programming could go further and further - one could be programmed as a nympho, another as a pain slut and then another for shame/humiliation (like orgasming for triggerwords in humiliating situations).
Btw, what I also liked in this game is that it introduced slave hierarchy with Karen being the (optional) bottom slave. That was great (and, again, only seen in Pink Tea's "Slave Lords of the Galaxy").
So, Kivik, I really hope that I could make you at least consider (at some point) returning to this project, because it was unique and definitely different than the rest.
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Umm, that post from Retro was two years ago. Kivik doesn't speak much on Patreon or Discord. Every once in a while he pokes his head up, says some, then hunkers down again.
So I came back to this thread while searching for games, because I remember I really enjoyed it. I checked everyone's comments and was excited that there would be a continuation, so I checked his patreon and I find this:
Which I'm assuming is the dev saying they lost everything or something along those lines... I want to write something else here, but I won't until someone can post the full text.
Edit: You know what, screw it. What I wanted to write is that this sounds like the usual bs apology devs put out after months of promises of content that they either realize they couldn't develop after making said promises, or instead weren't even developing in the first place. Blegh.
Which I'm assuming is the dev saying they lost everything or something along those lines... I want to write something else here, but I won't until someone can post the full text.
Edit: You know what, screw it. What I wanted to write is that this sounds like the usual bs apology devs put out after months of promises of content that they either realize they couldn't develop after making said promises, or instead weren't even developing in the first place. Blegh.
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From Patreon:
I've been putting off this update because I really wanted it not to be true, but I have face the facts.
So I got home, I looked at the harddrive, I tried to fix it, and I think it made things worse.
fdisk repair seems to basically destroy stuff when it couldn't fix it, and I've basically lost access to some key folders:
- my project file folders were all gone.
- my documents folder, which I so cleverly moved to an separate drive so that reinstalling OS wouldn't lose me data - it's gone. My photoshop files are all in there, my wife's game saves were also there and she lost 2 years of gameplay data.
- my render output folder is gone, and even though it was synced to the cloud - and it seems that MegaSync detected that the files aren't there anymore, and automatically removed them from the cloud
So I've lost all my graphical assets for the game, permanently. I dreaded the outcome the whole time I was stuck away from home, but now that I've confirmed it, I'm just numb.
So I'm starting afresh. But, there's a silver lining.
I've managed to get my hands on a 3090 GPU last week. I originally wanted the 3080, but if the 3090 is the only card available (I was never going with scalpers), 3090 I would get.
Render time is.... a bit quicker than my 2x 970 to put it lightly. I don't have bench-marking data, but some renders used to take 3 hours, and some of my test renders took about 10 minutes. I have enough VRAM to handle multiple characters in one scene, so I can do that.
I got that card specifically so that I can more quickly render stuff, so you best believe that's what I will be working on soon.
I've had to start afresh with a lot of stuff, and in a way it's good. I had lots of fun rendering a cast of 40+ characters, but I'm going to focus on less (always been the intention) characters. Since I'd always mixed assets to create my characters, I can't really recreate them, so it'll have to be a new characters. I'll miss Nova the most...
To prevent another disaster like this, I'm syncing my project folder to the cloud. I've got a brand new SSD drive where I'll be storing all files. I got fibre internet as well, so that I can actually upload stuff to the cloud without killing my internet.
Everything is basically in place to make sure I can be as productive as possible, at the expense of some of my savings (that 3090 was still inflated in price obviously).
My work situation is getting a bit worse, I'm working overtime to cover for a colleague for the next few weeks. After that I should have more time to work on the game.
I'm going to take small steps, as I know I get burned out very easily. I'll try to give more updates as well, much easier with faster internet! I have a generate idea of what the game actually would play like, so unless something else terrible happens, we should have a prototype in a few months hopefully!
Once again. I'm sorry, I suck, but I'm not giving up, not when you guys are so good to me. You guys are literally the only reason I'm still holding onto this game after all this time, you're the best, and don't let anyone else tell you otherwise.
kivik
I've been putting off this update because I really wanted it not to be true, but I have face the facts.
So I got home, I looked at the harddrive, I tried to fix it, and I think it made things worse.
fdisk repair seems to basically destroy stuff when it couldn't fix it, and I've basically lost access to some key folders:
- my project file folders were all gone.
- my documents folder, which I so cleverly moved to an separate drive so that reinstalling OS wouldn't lose me data - it's gone. My photoshop files are all in there, my wife's game saves were also there and she lost 2 years of gameplay data.
- my render output folder is gone, and even though it was synced to the cloud - and it seems that MegaSync detected that the files aren't there anymore, and automatically removed them from the cloud
So I've lost all my graphical assets for the game, permanently. I dreaded the outcome the whole time I was stuck away from home, but now that I've confirmed it, I'm just numb.
So I'm starting afresh. But, there's a silver lining.
I've managed to get my hands on a 3090 GPU last week. I originally wanted the 3080, but if the 3090 is the only card available (I was never going with scalpers), 3090 I would get.
Render time is.... a bit quicker than my 2x 970 to put it lightly. I don't have bench-marking data, but some renders used to take 3 hours, and some of my test renders took about 10 minutes. I have enough VRAM to handle multiple characters in one scene, so I can do that.
I got that card specifically so that I can more quickly render stuff, so you best believe that's what I will be working on soon.
I've had to start afresh with a lot of stuff, and in a way it's good. I had lots of fun rendering a cast of 40+ characters, but I'm going to focus on less (always been the intention) characters. Since I'd always mixed assets to create my characters, I can't really recreate them, so it'll have to be a new characters. I'll miss Nova the most...
To prevent another disaster like this, I'm syncing my project folder to the cloud. I've got a brand new SSD drive where I'll be storing all files. I got fibre internet as well, so that I can actually upload stuff to the cloud without killing my internet.
Everything is basically in place to make sure I can be as productive as possible, at the expense of some of my savings (that 3090 was still inflated in price obviously).
My work situation is getting a bit worse, I'm working overtime to cover for a colleague for the next few weeks. After that I should have more time to work on the game.
I'm going to take small steps, as I know I get burned out very easily. I'll try to give more updates as well, much easier with faster internet! I have a generate idea of what the game actually would play like, so unless something else terrible happens, we should have a prototype in a few months hopefully!
Once again. I'm sorry, I suck, but I'm not giving up, not when you guys are so good to me. You guys are literally the only reason I'm still holding onto this game after all this time, you're the best, and don't let anyone else tell you otherwise.
kivik
And for sure I'm not the most reliable for a constant Patreon update feed.
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I've been putting off this update because I really wanted it not to be true, but I have face the facts.
So I got home, I looked at the harddrive, I tried to fix it, and I think it made things worse.
fdisk repair seems to basically destroy stuff when it couldn't fix it, and I've basically lost access to some key folders:
- my project file folders were all gone.
- my documents folder, which I so cleverly moved to an separate drive so that reinstalling OS wouldn't lose me data - it's gone. My photoshop files are all in there, my wife's game saves were also there and she lost 2 years of gameplay data.
- my render output folder is gone, and even though it was synced to the cloud - and it seems that MegaSync detected that the files aren't there anymore, and automatically removed them from the cloud
So I've lost all my graphical assets for the game, permanently. I dreaded the outcome the whole time I was stuck away from home, but now that I've confirmed it, I'm just numb.
So I'm starting afresh. But, there's a silver lining.
I've managed to get my hands on a 3090 GPU last week. I originally wanted the 3080, but if the 3090 is the only card available (I was never going with scalpers), 3090 I would get.
Render time is.... a bit quicker than my 2x 970 to put it lightly. I don't have bench-marking data, but some renders used to take 3 hours, and some of my test renders took about 10 minutes. I have enough VRAM to handle multiple characters in one scene, so I can do that.
I got that card specifically so that I can more quickly render stuff, so you best believe that's what I will be working on soon.
I've had to start afresh with a lot of stuff, and in a way it's good. I had lots of fun rendering a cast of 40+ characters, but I'm going to focus on less (always been the intention) characters. Since I'd always mixed assets to create my characters, I can't really recreate them, so it'll have to be a new characters. I'll miss Nova the most...
To prevent another disaster like this, I'm syncing my project folder to the cloud. I've got a brand new SSD drive where I'll be storing all files. I got fibre internet as well, so that I can actually upload stuff to the cloud without killing my internet.
Everything is basically in place to make sure I can be as productive as possible, at the expense of some of my savings (that 3090 was still inflated in price obviously).
My work situation is getting a bit worse, I'm working overtime to cover for a colleague for the next few weeks. After that I should have more time to work on the game.
I'm going to take small steps, as I know I get burned out very easily. I'll try to give more updates as well, much easier with faster internet! I have a generate idea of what the game actually would play like, so unless something else terrible happens, we should have a prototype in a few months hopefully!
Once again. I'm sorry, I suck, but I'm not giving up, not when you guys are so good to me. You guys are literally the only reason I'm still holding onto this game after all this time, you're the best, and don't let anyone else tell you otherwise.
kivik
I've been putting off this update because I really wanted it not to be true, but I have face the facts.
So I got home, I looked at the harddrive, I tried to fix it, and I think it made things worse.
fdisk repair seems to basically destroy stuff when it couldn't fix it, and I've basically lost access to some key folders:
- my project file folders were all gone.
- my documents folder, which I so cleverly moved to an separate drive so that reinstalling OS wouldn't lose me data - it's gone. My photoshop files are all in there, my wife's game saves were also there and she lost 2 years of gameplay data.
- my render output folder is gone, and even though it was synced to the cloud - and it seems that MegaSync detected that the files aren't there anymore, and automatically removed them from the cloud
So I've lost all my graphical assets for the game, permanently. I dreaded the outcome the whole time I was stuck away from home, but now that I've confirmed it, I'm just numb.
So I'm starting afresh. But, there's a silver lining.
I've managed to get my hands on a 3090 GPU last week. I originally wanted the 3080, but if the 3090 is the only card available (I was never going with scalpers), 3090 I would get.
Render time is.... a bit quicker than my 2x 970 to put it lightly. I don't have bench-marking data, but some renders used to take 3 hours, and some of my test renders took about 10 minutes. I have enough VRAM to handle multiple characters in one scene, so I can do that.
I got that card specifically so that I can more quickly render stuff, so you best believe that's what I will be working on soon.
I've had to start afresh with a lot of stuff, and in a way it's good. I had lots of fun rendering a cast of 40+ characters, but I'm going to focus on less (always been the intention) characters. Since I'd always mixed assets to create my characters, I can't really recreate them, so it'll have to be a new characters. I'll miss Nova the most...
To prevent another disaster like this, I'm syncing my project folder to the cloud. I've got a brand new SSD drive where I'll be storing all files. I got fibre internet as well, so that I can actually upload stuff to the cloud without killing my internet.
Everything is basically in place to make sure I can be as productive as possible, at the expense of some of my savings (that 3090 was still inflated in price obviously).
My work situation is getting a bit worse, I'm working overtime to cover for a colleague for the next few weeks. After that I should have more time to work on the game.
I'm going to take small steps, as I know I get burned out very easily. I'll try to give more updates as well, much easier with faster internet! I have a generate idea of what the game actually would play like, so unless something else terrible happens, we should have a prototype in a few months hopefully!
Once again. I'm sorry, I suck, but I'm not giving up, not when you guys are so good to me. You guys are literally the only reason I'm still holding onto this game after all this time, you're the best, and don't let anyone else tell you otherwise.
kivik
And for sure I'm not the most reliable for a constant Patreon update feed.
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Second one I know about. First one was because he wanted, now because his backup sucks - although mine aren't better.
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